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 vir·gin·al /ˈvɝʤənḷ, ˈvɚ/
 (a.)處女的;純潔的;無垢的

 vir·gin·al /ˈvɝʤənḷ, ˈvɝʤnəl/ 形容詞

 Vir·gin·al a.  Of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly.  “Chastity and honor virginal.”
 Virginal generation Biol., parthenogenesis.
 Virginal membrane Anat., the hymen.

 Vir·gin·al, n.  Mus. An instrument somewhat resembling the spinet, but having a rectangular form, like the small piano. It had strings and keys, but only one wire to a note. The instrument was used in the sixteenth century, but is now wholly obsolete. It was sometimes called a pair of virginals.

 Vir·gin·al, v. i. To play with the fingers, as if on a virginal; to tap or pat.  [Obs.] “Still virginaling upon his palm!”
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 virginal
      adj 1: characteristic of a virgin or virginity; "virginal white
             dresses"
      2: untouched or undefiled; "nor is there anything more virginal
         than the shimmer of young foliage"- L.P.Smith
      3: in a state of sexual virginity; "pure and vestal modesty";
         "a spinster or virgin lady"; "men have decreed that their
         women must be pure and virginal" [syn: pure, vestal, virgin,
          virtuous]
      n : a legless rectangular harpsichord; played (usually by women)
          in the 16th and 17th centuries [syn: pair of virginals]